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Construction Engineering and Safety

Construction Engineering and Safety is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 5.4k research works in it since 1950. 6.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the analysis of structural failures, construction safety, and forensic engineering in the construction industry. It covers topics such as building failures, scaffold systems, reinforcing steel bars, construction loads, and temporary structures. The papers also delve into failure analysis and its implications for civil engineering education.

  • Building Failures
  • Structural Engineering
  • Construction Safety
  • Forensic Engineering
  • Scaffold Systems
  • Failure Analysis
  • Reinforcing Steel Bars
  • Construction Loads
  • Temporary Structures
  • Civil Engineering Education
Research works
5.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
323
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+38%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Construction Engineering and Safety research?

By volume, the United States and Nigeria publish the most (150 and 143 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 150 works
  2. 2 Nigeria 143 works
  3. 3 India 86 works
  4. 4 China 72 works
  5. 5 Brazil 72 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 67 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 56 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 24 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 19 works
  10. 10 South Africa 18 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 21.2%Nigeria: 20.2%India: 12.2%China: 10.2%6 others listed: 36.2%21%largest
United States150 · 21.2%Nigeria143 · 20.2%India86 · 12.2%China72 · 10.2%6 others listed256 · 36.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Construction Engineering and Safety research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Enugu State University of Science and Technology publishes the most Construction Engineering and Safety research, followed by Department of Archaeology and The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti.

Who are the leading researchers in Construction Engineering and Safety?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Construction Engineering and Safety include Bruce R. Ellingwood and Bryant Mather.

  1. 1 Bruce R. Ellingwood United States 1.3k citations
  2. 2 Bryant Mather 1.2k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Construction Engineering and Safety research done?

The largest centres of Construction Engineering and Safety research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Lagos (Nigeria) and Jakarta (Indonesia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 20 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 18 works
  3. 3 Lagos Nigeria 11 works
  4. 4 Jakarta Indonesia 10 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 10 works
  6. 6 Chennai India 10 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Japan 10 works
  8. 8 Enugu Nigeria 9 works
  9. 9 Ado-Ekiti Nigeria 9 works
  10. 10 Colombo Sri Lanka 8 works
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Is Construction Engineering and Safety research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Construction Engineering and Safety.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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